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us, too. but before we go, we got to thinking, politics and football, they're not so different, you know. george allen is the namesake and the son of a hall of famer football coach. >> my father never had a losing season in the nfl, but he got fired a lot. >> allen grew up around football, but grew older in politics. >> and so i went into something that was just much more stable and predictable, politics. >> with less taxation, less litigation. >> a congressman, a governor, a senator, allen like his father won more than he lost but he got fired, too. >> in this season, the people of virginia the owners of the government, they have spoken. >> in between his last two senate losses allen fused his worlds in a 2010 book, a defense of conservatism wh"what washingn can learn from the world of sports." allen can find analogies everywhere. a president
us, too. but before we go, we got to thinking, politics and football, they're not so different, you know. george allen is the namesake and the son of a hall of famer football coach. >> my father never had a losing season in the nfl, but he got fired a lot. >> allen grew up around football, but grew older in politics. >> and so i went into something that was just much more stable and predictable, politics. >> with less taxation, less litigation. >> a congressman, a...
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that evidence is used to protect us as a nation. any time we question him about his guilt or innocence, he's entitled to his miranda rights and a lawyer. but we have the right under our law -- i've been a military lawyer for 30 years, to gather intelligence from enemy combatants. and a citizen can be an enemy combatant. he is not eligible for military commission trial. i wrote the military commission in 2009. he cannot go to military commission. >> so a civil trial no matter what. right. >> in my view a civil trial, it should be a federal trial. >> right. and senator schumer, i know you agree this should go to a federal court. i want to quick read you something that one of your colleagues said. this is from senator carl levin, the chairman of the armed services committee. and in response to senator graham and others saying this man needs to be treated as a terrorist, this is what senator levin said. i am not aware of any evidence so far that the boston suspect is part of any organized group let alone al qaeda, the taliban or within
that evidence is used to protect us as a nation. any time we question him about his guilt or innocence, he's entitled to his miranda rights and a lawyer. but we have the right under our law -- i've been a military lawyer for 30 years, to gather intelligence from enemy combatants. and a citizen can be an enemy combatant. he is not eligible for military commission trial. i wrote the military commission in 2009. he cannot go to military commission. >> so a civil trial no matter what. right....
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what can you tell us? >> reporter: i was in an interview with the syrian deputy foreign minister and it was just as the syrian government -- they were going to be able to visit all of the sites where chemical weapons were allegatiedly used. and he told me this goes into effect immediately and the only thing the u.n. now needs to work out is how they will get there. they have to cross the front line, they have to go into rebel controlled territory. they have the permission to go anywhere they kwanlt to. >> they have a pretty wide range of movement there. how does the government feel about these allegations? >> there's also a potential response by the u.s. allies. you heard from organizations here in syria, that you almost never hear from. i have never gotten to speak with an official from the syrian military. but almost immediately they put out a statement that this was fabricated that syria has not used any chemical weapons. he said that the government has nothing to site, that the weapons inspectors are w
what can you tell us? >> reporter: i was in an interview with the syrian deputy foreign minister and it was just as the syrian government -- they were going to be able to visit all of the sites where chemical weapons were allegatiedly used. and he told me this goes into effect immediately and the only thing the u.n. now needs to work out is how they will get there. they have to cross the front line, they have to go into rebel controlled territory. they have the permission to go anywhere...
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phil, thanks for joining us. tell us what you know right now about, "a," whether snowden is headed there and where he may be headed to. >> reporter: certainly, candy. i'm at moscow's airport where i understand edward snowden is due to arrive on a flight from hong kong in a little over an hour's time. that's when he's going to arrive here according to the wikileaks organization that has said it assisted him in leaving hong kong, finding asylum in a third country, a democratic country, they said, and they said he's en route to their country via russia and moscow. the question is what will happen to him once he arrives here? is he in contention to stay here? if not, will he transit somewhere else? how long will he be here and so forth? these are things we're not sure just yet. as we say, he's expected due on a flight here in an hour's time. and then from there we will get some sense of just what his plans are. so far, the russian government isn't saying anything except they are aware of the media reports that he is
phil, thanks for joining us. tell us what you know right now about, "a," whether snowden is headed there and where he may be headed to. >> reporter: certainly, candy. i'm at moscow's airport where i understand edward snowden is due to arrive on a flight from hong kong in a little over an hour's time. that's when he's going to arrive here according to the wikileaks organization that has said it assisted him in leaving hong kong, finding asylum in a third country, a democratic...
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my patients don't know which one to use. i tell them to use the brand i use. oral-b -- the brush originally created by a dentist. trust the brand more dentists and hygienists use. oral-b. you know who you are. you can part a crowd, without saying a word... if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts... well muddlers, muddle no more. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour one on the first day you take it. claritin® doesn't start working until hour three. zyrtec®. love the air. >>> joining me now, kevin madden, republican strategist and cnn political contributor debut appearance with that title. jackie calmes, corey dad and paul begala, thank you all for being here. i want to talk about the kind of clash of, you know, elections are always won by whoever controls the conversation. so how do republicans control the conversation in what seems like the negative, kevin? in other words, do they just keep going on the scandal
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in fact, over time they seem to have become more radicalized to use the word we're now using that these are a lot of extremist groups are now fighting the syrian government. can the u.s. align with them? >> i think the problem is not become more radicalize but radicals have been the most effective fighters and therefore become the most prominent on the scene. part of the problem, i've had discussion with senator mccain about this in munich a couple months ago is we haven't come forward with the more modern elements and giving them the kind of support that would raise their credibility and effectiveness. so recognizing it's a challenging area because you're not sure who friend is, who foe is, are standing on the sidelines doesn't mean we're going to be out of the issue. we're going to be disengaged but we may become victimized. we need to actually become more engaged in selecting who to support. >> i think all the options are bad here for the united states. the worst option would be to do nothing. the civil war is spreading and could affect lebanon, jordan and iraq. there are more than a
in fact, over time they seem to have become more radicalized to use the word we're now using that these are a lot of extremist groups are now fighting the syrian government. can the u.s. align with them? >> i think the problem is not become more radicalize but radicals have been the most effective fighters and therefore become the most prominent on the scene. part of the problem, i've had discussion with senator mccain about this in munich a couple months ago is we haven't come forward...
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this is an effort to terrorize us. if we ever take the bait and come home and try to create fortress america, we'll have another 9/11. we have to show resolve, but we have to be smart. i'm going to egypt with senator mccain very soon. i know it's dangerous, but we need to be there with our diplomats giving the unified message to egypt. do not let these people drive us out of the mideast. do not make us abandon our friends like yemen, israel, jordan. we can't let al qaeda get away with this. we have to stand up to them. finally, after benghazi, they're on steroids. they attacked our consulate and killed our ambassador. a year has passed, and no one's paid a price. after benghazi, these al qaeda types are really on steroids thinking we're weaker and they're stronger. >> senator, i want to talk to you about the egyptian trip and other things after the break. quickly, when are you leaving for egypt? >> very soon. and to the members of congress who want to reform the nsa program, great. if you want to gut it, you make us mu
this is an effort to terrorize us. if we ever take the bait and come home and try to create fortress america, we'll have another 9/11. we have to show resolve, but we have to be smart. i'm going to egypt with senator mccain very soon. i know it's dangerous, but we need to be there with our diplomats giving the unified message to egypt. do not let these people drive us out of the mideast. do not make us abandon our friends like yemen, israel, jordan. we can't let al qaeda get away with this. we...
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dana bash is with us now. dana? where does this leave us? >> it leaves us at absolute genuine stalemate. there are no negotiations, no bipartisan discussions going on of any kind or even plan to try to get them back from the brink. now senate democrats are so determined to make their point that they believe house republicans are playing games. the senate majority leader isn't even bringing the senate back into session today. the senate isn't coming in until tomorrow afternoon which is hours before the government is set to run out of money. so this is a race against the clock and the senate, it's their turn to act. they're not even here. when it comes to tactics, house republicans chose the whole idea of repealing a medical device tax. they voted in double digits earlier this year to repeal that very tax. many democrats say that they're simply going to hold firm because they feel this is an important point to make. they're not going to vote on anything that has strings attached to a spending bill. so the obvious question now is where does thi
dana bash is with us now. dana? where does this leave us? >> it leaves us at absolute genuine stalemate. there are no negotiations, no bipartisan discussions going on of any kind or even plan to try to get them back from the brink. now senate democrats are so determined to make their point that they believe house republicans are playing games. the senate majority leader isn't even bringing the senate back into session today. the senate isn't coming in until tomorrow afternoon which is...
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this brings us a little bit to russia. it's an unfair fight, candy. >> a the lot of unfair fights that take place across the world. >> russians are all in. hezbollah with 4,000 or 5,000 troops. iranian revolutionary guard. it is now erupting into a regional conflict. it was not that at the beginning. in 1930s we had a thing called the spanish civil war that, when it came to become a proxy fight. this is now becoming a proxy fight between different interests in the middle east and outside the middle east, including significant involvement by the russians, while we sit by and watch these people being massacred. i year and a half ago, i asked when we were going to intervene when 7,000 had died. a year from now there will be another 100,000 who have died, and we sit back and watch this happen, and don't think that lesson is lost on all the other countries in the region, and it's a disgrace. >> i want to ask you, move you on to russia, but i also want to ask you if you have any reason to believe that the administration is cuppi
this brings us a little bit to russia. it's an unfair fight, candy. >> a the lot of unfair fights that take place across the world. >> russians are all in. hezbollah with 4,000 or 5,000 troops. iranian revolutionary guard. it is now erupting into a regional conflict. it was not that at the beginning. in 1930s we had a thing called the spanish civil war that, when it came to become a proxy fight. this is now becoming a proxy fight between different interests in the middle east and...
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have to get used to it. we have to learn about it and have a serious, sustained attention. they have sustain aid tension. we don't have it on this subject and we need to >> mr. speaker? >> yeah, i don't think it's like whack-a-mole, i think it is like a virus and we haven't had any honest epidemiology. there is a movie called requests america at risk" we went through case-by-case by case the refusal to take seriously this is bipartisan, by the way, the first briefing i got on this was in december of 2001 at the cia. and they said, look, we are trying to hunt down 5,000 people in al qaeda. there is a potential pool of 65 to 100 million recruits. what happened we are doing is setting up a narrowly focused iraq/afghanistan world view when they are spreading across the whole planet from the philippines to frank lit united states. and i think we greatly underestimate how many places you're going to have trouble in the next how many places you're going to have trouble in the next decade. >> it is going to be diffe
have to get used to it. we have to learn about it and have a serious, sustained attention. they have sustain aid tension. we don't have it on this subject and we need to >> mr. speaker? >> yeah, i don't think it's like whack-a-mole, i think it is like a virus and we haven't had any honest epidemiology. there is a movie called requests america at risk" we went through case-by-case by case the refusal to take seriously this is bipartisan, by the way, the first briefing i got on...
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joining us now is senator john mccain. he recently traveled to egypt at the request of the president. senator, you came back a changed man, at least on the issue of whether the u.s. should cut out -- should suspend aid to egypt. what made you change your mind? >> well, first of all, i wanted to give them an opportunity to do the right thing after the coup had taken place. and it was pretty clear, to say the least, that they have not only not changed, but they have orchestrated a massacre, as you mentioned. we don't know, a thousand or many thousands wounded. we have no credibility, candy. that's the problem. because we know that the administration called the egyptians and said, look, if you do a coup, we're going to cut off aid because that's the law. we have to comply with the law. and we in this administration did not do that after threatening to do so. and we are not in compliance with the law about a coup, which is clearly what it is. and then we thought there was possibly a deal to be made where they would release a c
joining us now is senator john mccain. he recently traveled to egypt at the request of the president. senator, you came back a changed man, at least on the issue of whether the u.s. should cut out -- should suspend aid to egypt. what made you change your mind? >> well, first of all, i wanted to give them an opportunity to do the right thing after the coup had taken place. and it was pretty clear, to say the least, that they have not only not changed, but they have orchestrated a massacre,...
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that will do it for us today. thanks so much for spending your sunday morning with us. >> nice to spend time with you as well. "state of the union" with candy crowley starts now. >>> summer sex scandals light up the headlines on both coasts. and in the middle of the country, motor city running on empty. today, watching detroit die. is there a federal bailout for detroit? >> candy, detroit's got serious financial problems. >> treasury secretary jack lew talks detroit, the economy, and whether congress wants more tax hikes. >>> and then the dangerous divide divide. the san diego sex scandal. >> every morning and evening i will be briefed on city activities. >> around the globe and inside politics with committee chair senator dianne feinstein. plus new york congressman peter king on the republican party's search for itself, his flirtation with a 2016 presidential run, and the circus otherwise known as the new york city mayor's race. >> many people want to talk about their future, not necessarily my past. >> our free
that will do it for us today. thanks so much for spending your sunday morning with us. >> nice to spend time with you as well. "state of the union" with candy crowley starts now. >>> summer sex scandals light up the headlines on both coasts. and in the middle of the country, motor city running on empty. today, watching detroit die. is there a federal bailout for detroit? >> candy, detroit's got serious financial problems. >> treasury secretary jack lew talks...
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so it gains us time. it also, you're right, does tip off our adversaries, potentially, if we're not careful, to what the source of information or sources may be, but also they need to pick a better time or target of opportunity. i think all of those risks and costs are worth it in terms of buying time for more intelligence and protecting our people. >> congressman, peter brings us a good point. it's not just we can bide our time. it's, hey, let's try a softer target here. that's always a possibility. but as a final question, let me ask you this. i asked this of senator graham, if we all know what the intent of terrorism is. it's to make people afraid. where is that line? when you have the government saying, we're going to shut down 22 embassies. there's this imminent threat. by the way, americans, be really careful, and we're moving the military around in certain spots, it's getting pretty close to be afraid. >> if we're not terrorized, terrorism doesn't work, yet the government is responsible for the saf
so it gains us time. it also, you're right, does tip off our adversaries, potentially, if we're not careful, to what the source of information or sources may be, but also they need to pick a better time or target of opportunity. i think all of those risks and costs are worth it in terms of buying time for more intelligence and protecting our people. >> congressman, peter brings us a good point. it's not just we can bide our time. it's, hey, let's try a softer target here. that's always a...